People’s party recruits over 26,000 members today

More than 26,000 people have registered for membership of the People’s party, the reincarnation of the now dissolved Move Forward party. The party also received about 16 million baht in donations from the public in just nine hours today at Stadium One in Bangkok.

Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut said that they aim to recruit up to 100,000 members within a month and will continue to recruit, not just in Bangkok but throughout the country, ultimately aiming at winning a landslide victory in the next election.

In addition to the recruitment drive today, he said they will set up branch offices in all provinces and issue party regulations.

Natthaphong said he will discuss with party MPs the First Deputy House Speaker’s post, which has been vacant since Padipat Suntiphada was banned from politics for ten years by the Constitutional Court, along with ten other former executive committee members of the Move Forward party.

They will also discuss the places on House committees, which used to be occupied by Move Forward’s people.